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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rieux worried about?
(a) That the disease will get out of hand and kill half the population.
(b) That the disease will affect his wife.
(c) That the trains will stop running.
(d) That the people will panic.

2. What interesting character enters the novel at this point?
(a) The plague itself.
(b) The Oran water supply.
(c) Dr Rieux's mother-in-law.
(d) Inspector Clouseau.

3. An unusual thing about the city is that:
(a) It has abundant water.
(b) It has no native plants or animals.
(c) It is famous for its plants and animals.
(d) Everybody has a garden.

4. What does Dr. Rieux urge the committee to do?
(a) Avoid panicking the citizens.
(b) Get rid of all rats.
(c) Inoculate the Prefect with anti-plague serum.
(d) Start public health measures as if the disease is plague.

5. In what country is the story set?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Armenia.
(c) France.
(d) Algeria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the journalist Raymod Rambert come to Oran?

2. What else does Dr Rieux muse about in relation to the plague?

3. How many people have contracted the disease and recovered?

4. How is the city situated geographically?

5. Who comes with M. Joseph Grand to see Dr Rieux?

(see the answer key)

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